[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avcodec/utils: Warn if a codec is opened with a codec id without codec descriptor

wm4 nfxjfg at googlemail.com
Tue Jun 2 18:53:36 CEST 2015


On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 20:59:42 +0200
Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 08:30:33PM +0200, wm4 wrote:
> > On Mon,  1 Jun 2015 20:27:11 +0200
> > Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>
> > > ---
> > >  libavcodec/utils.c |    2 ++
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
> > > index 7e3f92a..22e826f 100644
> > > --- a/libavcodec/utils.c
> > > +++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
> > > @@ -1453,6 +1453,8 @@ int attribute_align_arg avcodec_open2(AVCodecContext *avctx, const AVCodec *code
> > >      }
> > >      avctx->frame_number = 0;
> > >      avctx->codec_descriptor = avcodec_descriptor_get(avctx->codec_id);
> > > +    if (!avctx->codec_descriptor)
> > > +        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "No codec descriptor found for codec_id\n");
> > >  
> > >      if (avctx->codec->capabilities & CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL &&
> > >          avctx->strict_std_compliance > FF_COMPLIANCE_EXPERIMENTAL) {
> > 
> > This shouldn't happen at all. Every CODEC_ID needs a descriptor.
> 
> i thought so too at first before writing this patch but
> user applications might want to use their own codecs with their
> own codec_ids and these would not have a descriptor
> also requiring a descriptor breaks the fate-libavcodec-options
> test

But uses can't provide their own codecs.

> ideas welcome of course ...
> 
> 
> [...]
> 



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